Summary of details from UMD TETL series from Fall 2014

Beginning spring semester 2015 we (Mitra Emad and Helen Mongan-Rallis) will be using this blog to provide information about our TETL (Technology Enhanced Teaching & Learning) events for the semester. In this entry here we provide an overview of last semester's events along with links to resources that were shared at these sessions.

Fall 2014 Technology Enhanced Teaching & Learning series

Google Drive as a Collaborative Tool

• Presenters: Mitra Emad and Helen Mongan-Rallis. Wednesday 9/10, repeated Thursday 9/18.
• See Google Drive as a Collaborative Tool (COP 9-10-14) which is a Google doc created for this session providing guidelines and links to resources on using Google tools for teaching and learning

Devices in the Classroom: When & How?

• Featured guest speaker Dana Lindaman from Foreign Languages & Literatures. Thursday 10/2 3:00-4:00pm
• Featured guest speaker Jeanine Weekes Schroer from the Philosophy Department. Wednesday 9/24 3:00-4:00pm (see video recording of this session)
• See Google Presentation on Devices in the Classroom, which includes:
• a video of interviews with UMD faculty sharing their perspectives on using devices in the classroom (video created by Mitra Emad)
• links to a variety of resources providing different perspectives on using devices in the classroom

Googling It: Helping Students & Ourselves Figure out What is Any Good

• Featured guest speaker Jill Jenson, Faculty Liaison for Writing & Learning, UMD Writer's Workshop Wednesday 10/8 & Thursday 10/16
• See Resources from sessions on "Googling It: Helping students and Ourselves Figure Out What is Any Good" (this document, created by Jill Jensen, includes a wealth of annotated resources)

Curation: Using Online Tools to Keep Track of Everything.

• Featured guest speaker Abram Anders, assistant professor of business communication in LSBE. Thursday, 10/30  & Wednesday, 11/5 (See video recording of the 10/30 session)

So now what? Looking ahead to planning your Spring courses, f2f, online, hybrid courses and web-enhanced courses

• Presenters: Mitra Emad and Helen Mongan-Rallis. Thursday 11/13 & Wednesday 11/19

Flipping Out Over the Flipped Classroom?

• ELI (Educause Learning Initiative) special online webinar workshop (in addition to regular CoP sessions). Monday, December 1st, 2014. See details on Educause site.